The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-08
THE SENATE.

TUE SENATE
The Senate was called to order at L
o'clock. .o.,od O b;ll
d;roctiro sale Of The states interest IN
the Richmond, Fredericksburg anu "
iomac railroad. .....;ol T., clio
The whole session was occupied III ~. In'
consideration Of local and private DIS,
many OF which were passed OF advanced
on the calendar.
At $3.50 the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Tho House was called to order at II
o'clock Speaker Stuart ~ The CHAR.
No prayer
TIE DEBT COMMISSION.
Mr. A. Fulkerson offered resolution
instructing the Debt Committee to make
q final report Of their conference win
the English Commissioners on Monday at
70 o'clock
In advocating his resolution Mr. Full
kerson said. u think il is time the con-
ferenccs were coming 20 close We are
now in the power of that committee ana
unless some steps are taken 10 close the
negotiations nothing will be done in this
House upon the question of the public
debt" lie further said that he under
stood that the representatives OF the
Council Of Foreign BOndholdefs nave
made a distinct proposition 10 the
committee. and he thought the com
miitee can determine without any
further delay Whether they Jour
committee can accept the proposition
or moi. the committee from the foreign
bondbolders have laid down the PROPOSE
ton that they will not accept any
proposition except upon the terms they
have proposed" lie added, in conclu-
sion. "anv further delay would result
in nothing but placing us in a condition
Of embarrassment IL this matter is de
layed until the last of next week II will
not be time enough to suggest any plan
unless some agreement is reached, and J
understand there is no likelihood OF II
at this time. Unless the committee can
show some reason for delay, l think
there should be report Monday next
MR.. POLLARD's REPLY.
Mr. Pollard, who is a member Of the
Debt Commission, in reply said
hone the resolution win be referred, as !
think II is premature ] do not know
that il is true. as has been stated by The
gentleman from Washington Mr.. Full
kerson). that the House is in the hands
of the committee OF course, we are but
the creatures of the creator and this
House can discharge MS al any time, and
thus get rid of these negotiations. IL
NAV be- that delays are dangerous, but
necessary delay in this case is danger.
ous. | think. TO those who desire con
tinued agitation of this question. Surely
reasonable delay should be accorded 90
the committee when we remember the
importance of q final settlement of this
harassing and distressing question
"They (the Commissioncrsl understand
the situation they know the session Is
drawing to close. and will ON no Occa-
sion prolong negotiations longer than is
absolutely necessary for the good Of ey-
ervboiy in the Commonwealth, without
regard to party
The resolution was referred
MI Waddill oilccd resolution call
Ing on the Auditor for information i'm
regard 10 the amount Of money already
expended on the revision of The Code.
Adopted.
The subject of the Revision of the Code
was made the special order for Monday
at o'clock
ASSESSMENT And TAXES.
4 Communication was received from
the Auditor i'm response 10 Mr.. 4. Full
kerson's resolution i'm regard to the i'm
crease of taxation which would be neccs-
sary from the loss Of revenue OccasiOned
by the adoption of the local option law.
The AuditOrstates that theyalue real and
personal shown by the land and property
books of 1856, and the assessment of
railroads By the Board of Public Works
is $3ij.91s .3453s A box ON this at Sc.
per 800 VIII yield S3O0.1S2
On motion of Mr. Barbour the special
order Cthe Kendall Company bin WAS
postponed until "Wednesday at I o'clock.
MR.. SAUNDERS Oh CONVICT LABOR
The next special order was the bin
introduced by Mr. Carter prohibiting the
hiring Of cOnvicts I'm places where ma
chincry is used
Mr. Saunders thought this was q portion
Of war upon the penitenliary lie
denied that the Democratic party was
obliged to pass any such law He was
opposed TO all monopoly and this was
an effort on the part of certain laboring
men to monopolize an of this class Of
labor The present system at the peni-
Tertiary made IL for the first time in the
history Of the State selfsupporting He
could not return to his constituents and
tell them he had done anything 10 injure
the system The Van DOren bin is a
failure, for county roads cannot be
worked more than five months in
The year The present is the only
system by which the conyicts
can be made selfsupporting In
whatever way convicts are employed
there must De some competition with
somebody, and there was no worse form
OF aniagonizing everybody than by keep
ing the conyicis idlc If the Richmond
people do not like the pcnitentiary let it
be removed But hc utterly denied that
anybody was injured by the present sys-
TEN In vogue 1t has been stated that